Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along…
Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/
Can someone explain how they do this verification?
Not at all for now. Its just about storing the birth date in a way that the system can use it.
The Californian law doesn’t require being temper proof (yet)
Great that California allows us to be angry about it.
Colorado too and some other states have similar plans.
The EU plans go in a different and worse direction.